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… In the 1950s if you were a young British man looking for employment Canada wanted you. If you happened to be bright, handsome it didn't hurt either. The four young men who stepped off the Scythia on March 29, 1953 were all …
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… detailed accounts of who makes the best! I always cringe when Elders come to the restaurant and order it — they are my harshest critics. However, I’ve tweaked my formula over the years and have finally come up with what I think is … for working the dough 2 tbsp + 1½ tsp (37 mL) baking powder (0.9 oz / 26 g) 2 tbsp + 1½ tsp (37 mL) granulated sugar (1.2 oz / 35 g) ¼ tsp / …
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… History, and I completed an experiential education placement with the Canadian Museum of Immigration in 2022. The placement was with CMI’s … (57), community (53), reasons for moving (28), settlement programs (26), religion (20), and general insights (5). I would like to highlight … examples from the interviews for the work and reflection codes. Work: “…a big honour for the team.” An example of a segment coded under …
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… Stanley Vander Meulen was born Sape Vander Muelen on 26 January 1933 in Driesum, a rural village in Friesland, a province of … The name is common in Holland because of the many windmills built for flood-control in that low-lying country. Such generic last names … in drafting and design at a nearby technical school. World War II (1939-1945) spared northern Holland many of the extreme hardships …
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… was an important waterway from pre-Roman times. The Magyars, who would come to be known as Hungarians, travelled from the foothills of the … Canada, which was then called British North America. In 1867, the same year that Canada became a country, Hungary became an equal partner in … known as the Dual Monarchy of Austria-Hungary. After World War I, the Austro-Hungarian Empire disintegrated and borders moved once …
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… Leonard Palmer’s Military Service and the Lady Nelson Leonard Palmer was born in England in 1913. He emigrated … work on the farms, as there was a shortage of help following World War I. He arrived in Halifax on the R.M.S. Lancastria on April 28, 1929. He …
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… I was 19 years old when I left "Italia" from the port of Napoli on July 15,1956. Why I left … and mother died within 15 days of each other. They left 7 of us. Four boys and three girls, the oldest was 12 years olf and the youngest … as a family. This was 1942 part of the last 3 years of World War II, very hard times for us kids. We had no future, with the small farm …
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… passenger season commenced. Saint John and Halifax remained open year round. Vessels that docked at Quebec City before continuing on to … Canadian immigration officer Fenton Crosman, described the edifice as “a low concrete building, at least one-eighth of a mile in length, with … were changed once, while the blankets were only fumigated once a year to which the travellers noted that “their present condition …
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… to C.O.R.B. absolving them of any liability. Everything had to be ready in case the call came to leave home for the railway station, … I was taken to the Dingle by a Mr. Chappell and his son. Many years later, as a pharmacist, I worked for Mr. Chittick whose daughter … in Middleton. British troops who were housed at Camp Aldershot would come to Middleton and other valley towns as guests of the local people. …
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… the collapse of the Weimar Republic, the Hitler-regime including six years of World War Two, Nazi-Germany's defeat and disintegration, … Foreign Legion, elder sister evacuated by Americans to their zone, younger sister put into a detention camp by Soviets. We were liberated … I opted for the latter (though I had never seen a mine before), got my visa and Dept of labour contract on 15 October 1951, and two weeks …